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WELL DONE,
CLASS OF '95 - 2000
"PROLIFIC MILLENIALS"
They went up the Saker Hill on September 5th 1995 and ever since then they have built a sisterhood that only gets stronger.
When they first got to Douala as younger girls, they made it a point to meetup at Anita Chicken, Deido for each person's birthday, (You know how Saker girls are very particular about birthdays!), and the custom was that everyone contributed to pay the bill except the celebrant.
They have kept this bond and practice for as long as 10 years in Douala, and believe it's going to last forever.
With the coming of COVID-19, they couldn't meet as usual but this year with Muenge Nkwanyuo leading the charge, they plan on meeting every month even if just two persons can be present.
Says Muenge Nkwanyuo about their Saturday, January 15th Meeting:
"Last Saturday we met at Isle of Ecstasy Studio and it was a therapeutic evening as we wrote notes to ourselves and to God. (Awwww!!! How LOVELY!!!)
A few of the corporate Douala girls weren't there as well as those who moved to other countries.
In the pictures we have Arrey Helen , Ngang Immaculate , Nyeke Linda Njie , Martin Ella Chuwa, Nkwanyuo Sarah , Elango Lucy Jenkins, Abang Elizabeth Tayo .
We are looking forward to Lovely February for our all Red Dressy Meetup in Douala."
We sure are looking forward to it too!! WELL DONE, LADIES!!! KEEP IT UP!!
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THEY SAID THEY'D BE BACK, AND THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISE!!! (FEBRUARY 2022)
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Their February Meetup came in late because of the activities of the month which included the Saker 60th Anniversary Celebrations that took place in LIMBE from the 17th to the 20th of February but MEET they did, all clad in RED in keeping with the VALENTINE'S DAY/MONTH Tradition, their KIDS in tow!
Here's what the group's chronicler, Ms. MUENGE NKWANYUO, had to say about it all:
Last month Ella's daughter insisted that they would host us for the next meet up.
We set out with the singing and prayers as SAKER taught us, then got into our activity of the day which was writing at least two of our favorite scriptures on love from the bible and a love quote. .
We created our own notepads from an old school technique since we didn't get our print outs on time.
Sometime during the year we will make small boxes to store all the notes we write at our meetups and they will become keepsakes!
We carried forward our note to a loved one since most of us weren't there.
We are looking forward to our next meetup titled "Reviving our Childhood" which will include games like "tabala" "dodging" to name a few."
Now, that's something I can hardly wait to see!!!!!!!
AHEAD, my Dears, and HUGS to those PRECIOUS "BABIES"!!!
CLASS OF 1969 "MAJOR",
Mrs. EYERE MBIWAN TAKOR
TURNS 70!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Mrs. EYERE MBIWAN TAKOR (CLASS OF 1969) @ the center in purple,
with her SAKERETTE Daughters:
L to R:
* Ms. EGBE TAKOR
( Class of 2000)
* Ms. MANYI TAKOR
(Class of 1996)
* Mrs. AYUK TAKOR AYUK (Class of 2003) &
* Ms. ACHARE TAKOR
(Class of 2008)
THE SURPRISE!!!!!!!
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SOUTH AFRICA
FEBRUARY 12th 2022
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Her Classmates, Class of '69 "Majors"
Mrs. Daisy Haddison Etya'ale (left) and Dr. Mrs. Stella Anyangwe (right) celebrated the Milestone with her in South Africa!
Granddaughter
CARAT SASHA
also turned a whooooole 5 Years Old 1 week after her Grand Ma so CELEBRATE ALL OVER AGAIN THE CLAN DID!!!!
Miss WILMA BINDER
TURNS 85!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
EXACTLY 85 years ago TODAY, On Monday, March 22nd 1937, to be precise, a second child was born WILLIAM and LYDIA BINDER, in rural Oliver County, North Dakota.
They named her WILMA and when she turned 28 - in 1965, she started what wound up being a 40 YEAR LONG career as a TUTOR and VICE-PRINCIPAL at Saker Baptist College, Victoria., later LIMBE.
Amidst the many who deserve recognition and credit for the reputation the illustrious institution enjoys, MISS WILMA BINDER stands out most of all, not just because of the sheer duration of her service, (she holds the record as SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE'S LONGEST-SERVING FACULTY/STAFF MEMBER), but because of the scope and quality of that DILIGENT, EFFICIENT and THOROUGH service she rendered CONSISTENTLY, through all 40 of the years, SELFLESSLY!
The least we, her DAUGHTERS, can do on this day when she has attained this MILESTONE in her life, is PAUSE long enough to wish her a very HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY, THANK GOD for her life, and implore Him to continue to BLESS and SUSTAIN her, granting her the HEALTH that will enable her to maintain the ACTIVE and very PRODUCTIVE life she has continued to live since her retirement, out here in North Dakota!
GOD BLESS YOU, Ma!
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ROMEO FOUND HIS "SYDNETTE"!!!
CONGRATULATIONS,
SYDNEY & ROMEO MBI TAKANG TARH
They met in 2017 and on Jan 9th 2022 Romeo went down on both his knees and proposed to SYDNEY!
On February 25th 2022, the TRADITIONAL RITES were taken care of, ever so "NCHEMTY-ly, I kid you not, in a GREEN & GOLD-THEMED KONTRI MARET, complete with a lot of "FARROTAGE"!
They got married LEGALLY, as in "ETAT CIVIL" on February 26th 2022 in HOUSTON, TEXAS, before MAN and Sydney's SAKERETTES OF HOUSTON (S.O.H.) SISTERS, so, as of today, March 27th 2022, they've been legally married in the STATE OF TEXAS for A SOLID MONTH AND A DAY, while waiting for the CHURCH/WHITE WEDDING planned for 2023. Woot! Woot!!!
As SYDNEY herself summarizes the whole mattah so well:
"We were both in the mid stages of our lives when we met in 2017. We Had an amazing chemistry and friendship, and we would stay on the phone for hours with me cracking up most of the time because Romeo is a comedian.
Despite the challenges the relationship had during in the course of time, we stayed friends.
In 2021, we decided we are stronger together than apart and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together ..Love is sweet but even better when you marry your friend."
Romeo has indeed found his "Sydnette", and we couldn't be HAPPIER!!!
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS, MONSIEUR et DAME! May GOD bless your union!
WAI, WAI, WAIT A MINUTE! Did I mention that this is one more SOBAN-SAKERETTE CONNECTION????
(As in, "SASSE BOYS ARE {STILL} RUNNING AROUND, JUST BECAUSE OF SAKER GIRLS"!! LOL!!!)
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A few of the SAKERETTES OF HOUSTON members who were present!
SAKERETTES OF HOUSTON FETE THE NEWLY WEDS!!!
CLASS OF 1989 REUNION IN LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 15th - 17th 2021
L to R:
Nzelle Ekukole, Mercy Aweh (in Yellow), Mehmuna Adamu, Reagan Awung, Bridget Beng (in front), Jacky Molongwe, Raheal Babila, and Prudencia Deba.
They started what is going to be a lifetime journey in September of 1984 at Saker Baptist College and since they graduated in 1989, a good number of them have kept in touch and have found ways to nurture the sisterly bonds formed back then as strong as ever.
One such activity that they chose to do 37 Years after that first year they became classmates is A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS, no less!!!
I am pretty sure some of what happened in VEGAS has stayed there, BUT they have been gracious enough to let us have a pretty decent idea of how it all went down!!! (SEE PHOTO/VIDEO ALBUM BELOW)
WAY TO GO, LADIES! KEEP THE FIRE BLAZING!!!!
HANGING OUT WITH ELVIS!!!
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CLASS OF 1997 DAMSELS
SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
LIMBE - 23rd & 24th of April 2022
There's this group of SAKERETTE ladies who call themselves "SAKERETTES DAMSELS '97" and that's because they enrolled in Saker Baptist College in the year 1997 - which is 25 years ago now.
They therefore decided they would not let 2022 go by without them celebrating the 25 year Milestone and that is exactly what they did on the 23rd and 24th of April.
The "Sakerettes Damsels'97" celebrated their silver jubilee on the 23rd and 24th of April, a 2-day affair that culminated in a THANKSGIVING SERVICE at EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, BOTA with a certain REVEREND Dr. NDELEY preaching from the pulpit, who, known then as "BROTHER NDELEY", had been their GEOGRAPHY TUTOR!
As for the CLUBBING that took place the night before, the VISIT paid to their Sister, FELICIA, who had just had a Baby and was still in the hospital, and the CONDOLENCE VISIT to 2 other Sisters, EFOSI and PATIENCE, who had recently lost their Brother and Father respectively, you will have to VIEW the PHOTO/VIDEO ALBUM to get a better idea of how all of that transpired!!!
WELL DONE, Dear DAMSELS!
It is our prayer and wish that the ties that bind you will be even stronger when you get together in the year 2047, to celebrate your GOLDEN JUBILEE!!!
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LET'S HEAR IT FOR
THE CLASS OF 2022!!
CONGRATULATIONS, JANELLE VIDELLE ESAKA (SBC CLASS OF 2016)!!!
Last Saturday, May 14th 2022, Ms. JANELLE VIDELLE ESAKA who began the SAKER part of her Academic Journey back in 2011, triumphantly walked her way across the stage at DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY to be handed the precious documents that state that she now has a BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE in CHEMISTRY - WITH HONORS!!!
What an achievement!
What an exceptionally joyous accomplishment for this young lady whose MOM, (Youngest Sister of CLASS OF 1979's Mrs. ROSE NDOME ESAKA EKOBENA) passed on at age 25, from colon cancer, leaving her - as a tiny tot, behind!!!!!!
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to you, Dear Janelle and to the "village" behind you.
GODSPEED as you go on to Med. School!!!
CONGRATULATIONS,
JUSTICE FLORENCE ASAA AWASOM,
NEWLY-APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL AT CAMEROON'S SENATE
We are extremely delighted to announce the appointment of JUSTICE FLORENCE FRU AWASOM nee ASAA, (CLASS OF 1983) to the prestigious position of DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL at CAMEROON'S SENATE!
The announcement was made Today, June 16th 2022, (5:00 PM Cameroon Time, I am told), following a SENATE BUREAU MEETING that held at the YAOUNDE CONFERENCE CENTER.
We couldn't be PROUDER, nor could we possibly think of anyone more DESERVING!!!
Hearty CONGRATULATIONS, Ma'am!
PS/ PLEASE FIND BELOW THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT (IN FRENCH), SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RELY ON THE (RUSTY) TRANSLATION SKILLS OF MA SAKERPRIDE!
Sénat
Un second SGA nommé
Une réunion du Bureau du Sénat tenue ce jour au Palais des Congrès de Yaoundé a procédé à la nomination de Mme AWASOM, née ASAA Florence FRU, magistrat hors hiérarchie, au poste de Secrétaire général adjoint du Sénat, un poste vacant. Le Règlement intérieur de la Chambre ayant prévu deux postes de SGA.
CLASS OF 1995/97 SAKERETTE, ENIH ANDONG ACHAH, started from the Ramp as a baggage assistant and then went on to Cabins as a groomer.
She finally applied to be a Flight Attendant in November of 2021.
As she says her own self,
"I kept waiting on God to Put me where He said he would, hoping and praying. I believed and He did it!!!
I was a ground personnel and God took me from the ground to the Sky.
I get paid to Fly and see the World 🌎! I am Grateful to God!! I Praise God!
So it is that this "small girl from Batibo/Cameroon", (as she refers to herself), has become the first Cameroonian Flight Attendant with Air Canada Mainline!!
Her first week of work started on Monday, June 27 2022, and by July 2nd, she'd already covered:
Toronto- Montreal;
Montreal- Rome, Italy;
Toronto - Los Angeles , California.!!
Well, this Ma'a is praising God right along with you, Dear Enih, asking Him to keep the skies SAFE for you and hoping that some other "small girl" (or boy), from who-knows-where will either get their own HOPE, DREAM and ASPIRATION ignited or see it re-kindled upon reading/hearing your testimony of a story!!!!!!
GODSPEED!
CONGRATULATIONS, ENIH ANDONG ACHAH ('95/'97),
FIRST CAMEROONIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANT WITH
AIR CANADA MAINLINE!
IT finally happened! Plans to have the first ever Diaspora Reunion for Graduating Class of 95/97 were hatched years ago but then the infamous COVID-19 pandemic hit and the world just stopped!
Thankfully, the plans were only deferred, not annulled so they were re-activated and last weekend, over A DOZEN "SISTER'S KEEPERS" descended on PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
Actually, they were 14 in total: 13 from the United States and one from IRELAND!
I am convinced - based solely on the PHOTOS and VIDEOS that even the PALM TREES, and the SANDS of the BEACH, will not forget they stopped by, any time soon.
As for whoever the DRIVER of that LIMO is, I bet he has heard all kinds of LOVE-themed SONGS played and sung in his LIMO over the years, BUT certainly not the "HIS BANNER OVER ME IS LOVE" (Evening Devotions Nostalgic) Song that these SISTER'S KEEPERS sang! LOL!
Of the MANY who do acknowledge that a "GIRLS GETAWAY" is a good thing, not too many actually take and execute the steps to make it happen!
These YOUNG LADIES did and definitely had a FAB time while they were at it.
In Short, as TEKNO would have counseled us to do had his opinion been sought, let's just recognize that they are "WINNERS" and "ALLOW THEM TO ENJOY THEMSELVES", as in, "KPE! KPE-KPE!" (LOL!)
WELL DONE, PRETTY, VERY CLASSY, DAMSELS! Can't wait to see the NEXT Reunion! OBOSO!
CLASS OF 1995/97 aka "SISTER'S KEEPER"
FIRST EVER DIASPORA REUNION
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: 8 - 10 July 2022
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CONGRATULATIONS, LARISSA J. MANJO, M.D. (SBC CLASS OF 2013/15)!!!
When her MOTHER started off at SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE in 1975, the "SAKER JOURNEY" was a 5-year affair, so she graduated in 1980.
When she began hers 33 years afterwards in 2008, the "JOURNEY" had become a 7-year matter, due to the addition of the HIGH SCHOOL component, so she is a GRADUATE of the CLASS OF 2013 and 2015 (HS).
She is also, therefore, a SAKERETTE-CARAT, a term used to designate DAUGHTERS OF SAKERETTES who are also SAKERETTES themselves, in their own right!
Intriguing as that is, on its own merit, I would not be making this "fuss" if the similarities ended here, so here's the continuation, as in "LA SUITE DE L'AFFAIRE"!
MOM went on to begin her "MEDICINE JOURNEY" in 1982 at CUSS, YAOUNDE, (when there were no other SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in CAMEROON), graduating 7 years later, in 1989 as Dr. MATILDA N. MANJO nee FON.
DAUGHTER started hers in 2015 at the FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES of the UNIVERSITY OF BUEA and 7 years later, on THURSDAY, JUNE 30th 2022, (just a few weeks ago), she BRILLIANTLY and SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED HER THESIS as a "DOCTOR OF MEDICINE", becoming Dr. LARISSA JILA MANJO, a Distinguished Member of the 10th Batch of Doctors the institution has produced!
I know the FORMAL Graduation Ceremony is yet to happen, but this Ma'a is OBVIOUSLY not waiting until then to offer her heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to this deserving SAKERETTE-CARAT DOCTOR and her parents. After all, all the CEREMONY will do is "FORMALIZE" what the SUCCESFUL THESIS DEFENSE already made known!
AHEAD, DOC!!! Mighty PROUD of you!
Left: Dr. MATILDA MANJO ('80), MOM
Right: Dr. LARISSA MANJO ('13/'15), DAUGHTER
JANUARY 2022
JULY2022
Their JULY MEETUP took place on Saturday, July 16th 2022 at BONAMOUSSADI - DOUALA, hosted by their classmate, Arrey Helen Huka.
Besides celebrating their host's successes as well as theirs, they celebrated the Birthday of Resident-In-Buea classmate, Joffi Temple-Cole Atogho.
Interestingly, the Birthday Girl came bearing gifts of "WRAPPERS" which the ladies plan on wearing during one of their subsequent meetups this year.
Rumor has it that their August Meetup will be a SLEEPOVER, and, unlike this JULY one where the dress code was simply "SHADES OF BROWN", I hear whispers of the word "LINGERIE", as in "Hmmm!"
Can't wait!!!
#Sakerettes95
Prolific Millennials
OBOSO!
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CONGRATULATIONS,REVEREND Dr. NENE AMOGU (SBC CLASS OF 1970)!!!
When this little girl of NIGERIAN descent called COMFORT OKE enrolled in SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE as its 269th Student back in 1965, she had no intention of becoming a "WOMAN OF THE CLOTH".
If you watched and listened to her LIVE ON THE VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF SAKERPRIDE'S 10th ANNIVERSARY which aired on MAY 22nd, 2022, on YOUTUBE (See VIDEO LINK BELOW), then you must have heard her say so herself.
That the LADY now known as REVEREND Dr. NENE AMOGU not only took on becoming a pastor but rose to the rank of MODERATOR OF THE ABUJA CENTRAL PRESBYTERY in NIGERIA in addition to her other roles and duties as a WIFE, MOTHER, TEACHER, MENTOR and WOMEN's ADVOCATE, (all of which I was blessed to see her operate as with such fervor, zeal, compassion and commitment back in 2012 when I visited ABUJA), is certainly something worth CELEBRATING any day, but especially now that she is RETIRING, the same year that she turns 70!!! (She is featured on Page 169 of "VICTORIA'S JEWEL" by the way, with good reason)
It therefore makes plenty of sense that a couple of days ago, on SUNDAY AUGUST 7th 2022 precisely, a THANKSGIVING SERVICE was held to CELEBRATE her RETIREMENT and 70th BIRTHDAY at the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NIGERIA, FIRST ABUJA PARISH, and all of that is definitely deserving of a special post on SakerPride, if you ask me!
CONGRATULATIONS, Dear Sis NENE!
May you be richly rewarded for your SELFLESS and STEADFAST Service to GOD and MAN, all of it done without pomp and fanfare, well beyond the urban areas into areas stricken with abject poverty.
CLASS OF 1997 DAMSELS ~ DIASPORA
SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION
WOODLANDS, TEXAS ~ 29th - 31st July 2022
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If you were to scroll up a little ways on this same page, you would find another entry about "THE '97 DAMSELS".
That one chronicles the celebration of the class' 25 YEARS OF SISTERHOOD which took place in LIMBE, on the 23rd and 24th of April, in LIMBE.
Well the DIASPORA-resident DAMSELS decided they were NOT going to "leb" and so, from the 29th to the 31st of July 2022, they "congregated" in WOODLANDS, TEXAS, and proceeded to CELEBRATE - with GLAM, PANACHE and PIZZAZZ!
First thing I noticed upon a cursory "COMPARE & CONTRAST" glance at the LIMBE & TEXAS photos:
DE SAME ANKARA "ASHWABI"
Second thing I noticed:
Same ASHWABI quite all right, BUT difference in DRESS LENGTH, as in "MINI" versus "MAXI"; CUTE as ever!
Hard to see all the young PRETTY faces or watch them SING, DANCE and just BUGA away with GLEE and not get "infected" with the JOIE DE VIVRE they exude!
BRAVO, Beloved DAMSELS!
Keep doing your thing.
CONGRATULATIONS, Dr. STELLA SHU CHUNGONG (Class of '80),
W.H.O. Director, Health Security Preparedness, Health Emergencies Program
PRESIDENTIAL AWARD & RECOGNITION - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
(Friday, August 19th 2022)
The Honoree (& her cute grandson), with (from L to R), her Husband, Mr. Martin Chungong, CLASS of 1995/97's Wase Ediage and H.E. Eheth,
Cameroon's Ambassador to Switzerland
The Honoree with H.E. EHETH,
Cameroon's Ambassador to Switzerland
That she graduated from SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE (in 1980), and went on to graduate as a MEDICAL DOCTOR from CUSS (in 1989) is more than enough to put Dr. Mrs. STELLA CHUNGONG nee SHU in the enviable and pretty exclusive category of WOMEN OF VALOR who have done not only our Alma Mater, but Cameroon and Africa, proud.
However, impressive as these achievements are, they only served as "launching pads" for the amazing and extraordinary trajectory that her career path has since taken, which is what makes the Award and Recognition she received last Friday, August 19th 2022 from the President of the Republic of Cameroon, H.E. Paul Biya, through the distinguished Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Cameroon in GENEVA - SWITZERLAND, H.E. Mr. Salomon EHETH, (Former Director of IRIC, Yaounde), so very well-deserved!
Truth be told, there just aren't that many CAMEROONIAN WOMEN whose RESUMES read like this NUTSHELL version of Dr. STELLA SHU CHUNGONG's. TAKE A READ:
Dr. Stella Chungong, is a Medical Epidemiologist, who has worked as the Technical Coordinator for National Surveillance System Strengthening and Monitoring for the International Health Regulations (IHR), in World Health Organization, Geneva. Prior to this position, she worked within the Global Influenza Program. She has also worked as a coordinator of the Epidemiological Surveillance Team within the WHO Lyon Office of the Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR). Dr. Chungong has worked with both developing countries and developed countries, supporting the development of guidance, policies and strategies for national surveillance system strengthening for communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS. She has also worked in various other areas such as nutrition, particularly on nutritional assessments, access to drugs and other amenities for women in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is interested in gender related issues that affect health. She is a member of the Cameroon Medical Women’s Association. She holds an MD from the University Center for Health Sciences (CUSS), Yaoundé, Cameroon, a Diploma in Community Medicine from the University of Geneva, Switzerland and an MPH from the University of Leeds in the UK.
Did I already say the Recognition and Award are well-deserved? I guess that's because I didn't dare say they are "long overdue"!!!
In attendance at this exclusive award ceremony were her husband, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Dr. Martin Chungong, Ms. Mariatou Yap, Secretary-General of the International Civil Defense Organization in Geneva, her fellow SAKERETTE, Ms. Wase Ediage Musonge, a Legal and Economic Official at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, a selection of Senior Members of the Cameroonian Diplomatic Community in Geneva and her close family.
We join them, wholeheartedly, in CONGRATULATING her for this exceptional feat and in THANKING GOD for His Faithfulness.
By the way, who needs to be "4 Eye-endowed" to predict that there's bound to me even MORE on the way????!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
CELEBRATION OF CLASS OF 1980's
Dr. MATILDA FON MANJO
YAOUNDE - Saturday, October 1st 2022
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Every single day we get to wake up, get out of our beds and go about our business is good enough reason to THANK GOD and if we reach such MILESTONES as erstwhile SBC TUTOR and also CLASS OF 1980's Dr. MATILDA MANJO nee FON has done in clocking a solid and robust 60, that really is something worth celebrating!
That is definitely what her husband - Mr. JULIUS B. MANJO, their SONS, and their SAKERETTE-CARAT DAUGHTERS - Mrs. PERSIS YEFON MANJO MBANGSI (CLASS OF 2003) and Dr. LARISSA JILA MANJO (CLASS OF 2013/15) must have thought when they invited FAMILY and FRIENDS to come join them for a THANKSGIVING MASS at CHAPELLE FOUDA, which was followed by a splendid RECEPTION at the STARLAND HOTEL in BASTOS, YAOUNDE.
As you can well imagine, amongst the distinguished and exquisitely clad guests were present LIVE to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY were her CLASS OF 1980 CLASSMATES as well as a cross section of the YAOUNDE CHAPTER of EXSSA.
We wholeheartedly join them to THANK GOD for her LIFE and wish her many more HEALTHY, HAPPY and BLESSED years ahead!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
SAKERETTE-CARAT CYNTHIA FONDERSON
GRADUATES WITH MASTERS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
CANADA - Saturday, October 15th 2022
The last time Ms. CYNTHIA DESIREE ETONDI FONDERSON, DAUGHTER of CLASS OF 1980's Dr. MARIE-SOLANGE EVEHE, and SAKERETTE in her own right since she enrolled at SBC in 2007, was featured on SakerPride, it was to announce that she had graduated from the University of Lethbridge (CANADA), with a BSc. in Biochemistry with distinction and an Honors Thesis.
That was on October 19, 2019.
Well, it is obvious she did not rest on her laurels, because now, 3 years later, on Saturday, October 15th 2022 precisely, she graduated from the same University's Faculty of Arts and Science, this time with a Masters in BIOCHEMISTRY!
The TOPIC of her THESIS?
Multidisciplinary investigations on tRNA modifications: a cmnm5(s2)U case study
If I weren't concerned that you might need to swallow half a carton of ADVIL to ease the headache you are very likely to get, I would have typed out the ABSTRACT of that thesis for you to read.
However, given that my own head still hurts after reading just the terms "5-carboxymethylaminomethyl(-2-thio)uridine (cmnm5(s2)U", "MnmEG-tRNA complex" and "catalytic mechanism", and only glancing at werds like "substrate", "propensities" and "mitochondrial", I thought it unwise to expose anyone's unsuspecting brain to that much pressure.
If YOU, of your own volition decide you can handle it, then you utilize your own phalanges and clink on the link below, fully cognizant of the possibility that you might end up in CENTRE JAMOT or whatever is its equivalent where you reside!
Here's the LINK:
Nothing more to add than a hearty and well-deserved CONGRATULATIONS to both DAUGHTER & MOM, as I do not want to say something like, "WE AWAIT THE DOCTORATE", and be accused of putting undue pressure on the student ...
GRADUATE & PROUD MOM!
FLYING THE FLAG HIGH OUT IN SEOUL,
S. KOREA!!!
WAY TO GO, JUSTICE VERA N. NGASSA
(Class of 1980)
LOOK!
There are some things you hear, see or read about that just set your heart aglow with sheer JOY and PRIDE!
If you are the kind that travels to far flung places every other day, week or month, then learning that someone you know is in SEOUL would be no big deal.
Well, for some of us whose only "bettah" memory of SEOUL is the 1988 OLYMPICS, finding out that JUSTICE VERA NKWATE NGASSA - JUSTICE OF CAMEROON'S SUPREME COURT (Class of 1980)is actually in that city ...
- Not just out there "gallivanting";
- Not even there just to attend the on-going INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE organized by UNODC-KOSTAT, (The UNODC-KOSTAT Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and Pacific (CoE) is a joint project between United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Statistics Korea (KOSTAT).
She is actually there to FACILITATE the TALK ON DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IN ELIMINATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT!!!
NOW, AIN'T THAT SOMETHING!!!!!
SUPER PROUD OF HER and I bet you are too!!!!
AHEAD, Sis!
YA SABI HIDETH NOT!!!!!
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PLUCKY CLASS OF '77 2022 CONVENTION
DOUALA: November 10 - 12 2022
On Wednesday October 5th 2022 the PLUCKY CLASS OF 1977 was hit by the news that their classmate - one who was very much a VIBRANT participant in their class activities and whose SISTER was also a member of the same class, had passed on, SUDDENLY, in DOUALA.
She - Ms. ADELAIDE BIH NJU was laid to rest on Friday November 4th 2022 in BAMENDA.
This somber background would explain why, 6 DAYS after that, when November 10th 2022 dawned, marking the beginning of the Class's ANNUAL CONVENTION which had already been scheduled for the 10th through the 12th of November, the usually BUOYANT Class held an uncharacteristically subdued yet very WELL ATTENDED, (counted more than 30 members - excluding the ZOOM attendees), and PRODUCTIVE Convention.
Justice BEATRICE NAMBANGI's summary below captures all the essentials, and once more portrays how EXCEPTIONAL, EXEMPLARY and COMMENDABLE this particular set of WOMEN just are. TAKE A READ:
"The dates were 10th to 12th of November 2020...it was that time of the year again for the annual plucky convention.
This year it was hosted by the SAWA PLUCKYS in DOUALA at Black Homes Apartments in Bonaberi (coincidentally belonging to a carat)
On Thursday the 10th of November Pluckys from Cameroon and out of the country, arrived Douala to a grand start of the convention. The noise and joy that accompanied each new arrival was deafening.
With the building draped in plucky billboards and almanac, the convention kicked off with the 'cry die' of ADELAIDE BIH NJU of blessed memory. It was a night of scripture reading, prayers , exhortation, praise songs and even lighthearted jokes about the deceased. There was also a candle lighting ceremony for her and all other Pluckys who had passed on to eternity.
The "cry die' ceremony was attended by Pluckys all over the world via zoom. The ceremony ended in a celebration of her life as Pluckys danced for most of the night to a musician playing gospel songs.
Friday was dedicated to a tour of Douala. Pluckys were guests at the Port Autonome de Douala, given a guided tour of the facilities, and gifts by management even down to snacks.
A very noisy bus of spontaneous singing and dancing of "Nchemty " while savoring some crunchy amuse guele ( amiss girl) provided by ports authority.
Lunch was in true Douala fashion, eating roast fish by the seaside. The tour ended with shopping at a mall.
Saturday was the AGM proper. Again other Pluckys around the world adorned their plucky global apparel and attended the meeting via zoom.
The meeting became very emotional as gifts in true plucky fashion began popping out of bags for the ladies from other pluckys..geles from Lagos.., gifts from the sawa pluckys themselves to all who attended. Too many gifts to mention but two worthy of mention was the wrapper gifted to each plucky by Dr Florence Nju Fongang from Yemen , junior sister to the late Adelaide ( herself a plucky)on behalf of her late sister and as appreciation to the Pluckys for their deep participation in the funeral. You may want to know that the Pluckys printed their own booklet of eulogies for the funeral.
Finally the icing on the cake was Joan Mancho Mambo from Houston Texas who decided to gift every Plucky mom alive with a beautiful piece of wax wrapper. It was awesome.
The meeting ended at 3pm Saturday, but the "liquidation" continued on Sunday with the SAWA PLUCKYS."
BRAVO, Dear UNSTOPABLE Pluckys!
OBOSO!
We cannot wait for the 2023 EDITION!!!
